Delinquency signaling system



lug." 18, 1931-.

J. W. BRYCE DELINQUENCY SIGNALING SYSTEM 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 Filed June 21, 1924 vwmtoz 9 W jaw l W Aug. 18, 1931. J. w. BRYCE 1,819,699

DELINQUENCY SIGNALING SYSTEM Filed June 21, 1924 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Patented Aug. 18, 1931 UNITED. STATES PATENT ore! c123 JAMn-s'W. 'BnYc1i, or BLOOMFI'ELD, NEW 'JERSEY,-A$SIGNOR TO INTERNATIONAL TIME RECORDING oeMPAi IY on NEW'YGBKfOF ENDICOTT, :NEW YORK, fA'CORPORA'lION or NEW YORK Application filed Julie 21;

This invention relates to systems for indi eating or recording, or'both, the performance, or non-perfornia-i'ic'e, or both, of his duties by a Watchman.

One of the objects of the inventio'nis to provide a system in which the failure of a Watchman to perform his duty is indicated by signal means,

Another object is to provide a system in which the faiiure of a Watchman to make his recordsat the proper time in accordance With r a predetermined program is indicated by signal means.

Other objects and advantages will appear as the invention is hereinafter disclosed;

Referring to the drawings which illustrate What 1 noW consider preferred forms of the invention:

F 1 is a front elevation of a casing, With its door open, containing a program instrument and certain other auxiliary apparatus employed in the system.

Fig. is an enlarged, fragmentary, detail elevation illustrating apart of the program instrument;

Fig. is a plan View of the structure shown in Fig- 2.

Fig. 4 is a View similar to Fig. 3 but illustratin a different part of the program in- 7 strume'nt.

1 to 6 inclusive comprises a prograininstrm merit, an autographic recording instrument,

and electrical translating devices, signaling. means, and. connections which I shall now proceed to describe in the order named.

Program instrument usual manner by meansof an electromagnet DELINQUENCY SIGNALING SYSTEM 1924. Serial No. 721,503.

11, (Fig; '5) energized periodically, say once a minute, and connected by suitablepawl and ratchet means (not shown) to operate the heel 10 step-by-step. The periodic energization of the electromagn'et 11 maybe conveniently effected by-a circuit traced as fo'L lo'ws: from the storage battery, or other suitable source'of E. M'.{F., 12, to terniinal''14, through the'co'nd-uctors 16,17, 18, the coils of the elec'tromagn'et 11-, conductor 19, resistance 20, conductor 22, "to terminal 15,thence to contacts 13 (adapted to be closed and opened p'eriodically,-say once -a minute, by a master clock 'mechanism similar to that shown in the United Sta-tesLetters Patent No. 1,390,018), to the storage battery 12. By Virt'ueof these instrun'ientalities' it will be understood thatthe wheel 10 is a time-con r trolled Wheel "and, in the present embodiment, makes one revol'ution in twenty-fourhours.

The Wheel 10 is shown provided with a slot or grooye23 (Figs. 1 and 2) in which are adjusta blyinounted a'plu-rality of cam lugs 24. the Wheel 23' rotates, contraclockwise-in-"Figs. '1, 2 and 5, each of the cam lugs 24 engagesthe end of an arm 25 (Fig. 3) which is pivotally mounted atf26 on the panel board 27 or a plate secured there'- to; This 'engagementof any lug 24' with the end of -thearm[25 causes the-latter to be eleso Vate'd ;in opposition "to the'pull of its biasing spring- 27, to cause an electrical contact 28, ca r r-ied by saidarm-25"'but insulated them from, to engage a contact 29,-carrie"d by but insulated "from an arm 30 similar to the arm 25, butfsho'rter, andsimilar-ly mounted. In short, each of the lugs24causes the normally open contacts 28, 29, to closeonce in each rotation 'of thewhe'e'l 10. The time when the contacts' 28, 2 9,"Wi'1l be closed-by any par- Q ticularlug m-lugs 24"m'a'y be selected at will by properly adjusting the lug orlugs in the slot 23, "the whe'el- '10 being'ca1ibrated with time-indicatin graduation's (Fig.1) to aid in so "setting the 'lu'gs"24.' A :simflar's t of lugs 31 are each adapted to close normally open 'cdn'tacts 32, '33, carried by but insi1lated' from their respective arms 34-, 35. The-lags 31' and instrumentalities operated thereby are-substantially identical ti";

to the lugs 24 and instrumentalities operated thereby, except that the lugs 31 are oilset at their outer ends so that the lugs 24; cause closure of only the contacts 2829 and not the contacts 3233, and the lugs 31 cause closure of the contacts 32-33 and not the contacts 2829. After any lug 2%- or 31 has passed from under the corresponding set of arms 25, 30, or 3st, 35, the biasing springs return the arms to normal position against the stop pin 36, (Fig. 2) at which position the contacts are open. Electric current may be conveyed to each of the contacts 28, 29, 32, 33, by means of flexible leads each connected to a corresponding one of the binding posts or terminals 37, 38, 39, (Figs. 1 and While not indispensable, I prefer to proide a calendar wheel and contacts controlled thereby. This wheel is shown at ll and is connected through suitable gearing to the 2% hour wheel as to rotate once in a week. This wheel or disk &1 is shown provided with two circumferential rows of holes 52 into which pins or pegs ts, as, (Fig. 4) are adapted to be inserted or removed at will. The pins 4-2, -13, are at .pted respectively to cause closure of the normally open contacts and lG-sl'? which are carried by arms similar to the arms 30. 34-, described above. Binding posts 48 to 51 may be provided for the contacts H. 45, 46. -17. and connected thereto by suitable flexible leads. By proper disposition of the pins or pegs 42, a3, in the holes 52, the contacts 4.4-4-5 and l6-17 may be closed for sin, twelve, eighteen or twenty-four. hours of any desired day or days of the week.

To facilitate explanation of the invention, it may be assumed that the pegs 42, 43, are adjusted so as to cause the contacts 4% l5 and -l647 to be closed from midnight until 6 a; in. on each week-clay but not Sunday, and that the lugs 2e are so adjusted as to cause the contacts 2829 to closemomentarily at midnight, and momentarily on each hour thereafter, and that the lugs 31 are so adjusted to cause the contacts 32-33 to close momentarily at 1 A. M., 1:20 A. M. and so on, i. e., twenty minutes after each closure of the contacts 2S29.

Autographc 1 6001155279 instrument This instrument is known in the art and may be of the type disclosed in U. S. Patent No. 1,327.331. which includes provisions whereby a person may sign his name and then, by depressing a handle, cause a record of time to be made. Such an instrument is indicated at 60 in Figs. 5 and 6 and in this instrument I provide a pair of normally closed contacts 63, 64, adapted to be opened by engagement of the ar1n62 (connected to the handle 61) with the contact 63. Normally the contacts 63 6% are closed but they are momentarily opened by depression of the handle 61, which handle is employed to effect the time record or records in the autographic recorder 60.

Auxiliary apparatus and eZcctricaZ connec- Zions When the contacts 2829 close, and the contacts ie-e5 are closed, the following circuit is established: from the battery 12, through the contacts 13 (which close momentarily once a minute), terminal 15, conductor 22, the coil of a relay (35, a resistance 66, conductor (37, binding post 37, contacts 2-29, binding post 38, conductor 63, binding post 49, contacts 44%5, binding post 18, conductor (39, conductor 16, terminal ll, back to battery 12. The closure of the last traced circuit energizes the relay (35.

liner-giant" -n of the relay ('55 causes closure of the following circu t rein one side of the power line 70, cenductor T1, ccnduc or 72, front contacts of relay 65, conductor 73, resistance Tl, conductor 76, coil of relay 77, iuctor 73, terminal 79, conductor 30, cont'- l '3, conductor Sl, terminal 82, conductor 83. o the other side of the pcwer line hen this last traced circuit has been closed by closru'e of the iront contacts of the relay 65, the circuit through the coil of the relay 7"? remains closed (by virue of a stick or holding circuit formed by the front con tacts 3f -36 which are in parallel with the front contacts of the relay even after the front contac of the relay have opened. The complete s Eek or hel in" circuit may be traced as follows: from line wire 70, conduc- 71, front contacts 35 36 (now closed by energization of the coil of the relay 77). conduoor T3, resistanc T l, conductor 7e, coil of relay 7T, 'ctor 7 ictor 80, core ts (5-l(i3, conductor 81,, terminal 82, conductor 83, to the other line wire. It will he not l that when the coil of the relay 7? is energized it can be deenera'ized only i ning oi? the contacts i. e., on of the handle 61 of ti e autoecorder to ei t a time record.

the coil of he relay 77' has been decnerg'ized. by opening of the contacts (ii-- 63. the following); circuit is closed by closure e contacts 32* 33 of the program instrufrom l e wire TO, through conductor contacts S5-S6 of relay 7?. trout of the a" ne relay, conductor ts ''-l-'7. binding co 1mg post 1h), conta .iS 33-32. binding pus 39, conductor 94, rc-sis ant 95, conductor 97, coil of relay 9S. conductor 78, terminal '79, conductor 80, con tacts 6 2-63. conductor 81, terninal 82 conductor 83, to the other line wire 31. l r. the coil of the relay 93 ene L, lowi s ic" or heldia; eirt is c izoin line wire 70, threug h' conductor Tl. conductor 100, front contacts 1011U2 of the 8, terminal '79, conrelay -98, 'conrmctor 9i, resistance 95, conductor 97, coil'of relay 98, conductor '78, terminal 79, eon'ductor contacts 6463, condie 61" to effect a time record in'the auto 7 graphic recorder 60.

Energi'zatien oi 1 he coil of he relay 98 causes closure of the following circuit: from the line wire 70, through the conductors 71, 100, front contacts 101-102 and *106 of the relay 98, conductor 107, double pole switch 108, conductor 109, ierminal 110, conductor 111, signaling device 112 (in the present case an electric bell), conductor 113, ter minal 114,conductor 115, conductor 116, to the other side 84; of the line. I r It will now be appreciated that after the coil of the relay 7? has been energized, the relay 98 "will be energized and the alarm 112 sounded upon closure of the contacts 32-33 and 16-et7 of the program instrument, un-

' less the handle 61 has been depressed to open thecontacts 64563 (1 iercby to deenergize the coil'oi the'rclay 77) prior to the closure of the cohtaict's-32-33. II" the contacts 6463 iave' been opened, by the depression of the handle 61, prior ao the closure of the contacts 32 33, the coil of the relay 98 will not be energized upon the closure of the contacts 3233'because the pickup circuit 01? the coil of the relay 98 will be open at "he contacts JO-91' of the relay 77, the latter having been. dee'n'ergized by the opening of the contacts 641 63. After the coil of the relay 98 has been energized it will remain energized, and the bell112 will continue to ring, until the contacts 64-+63 are opened] In "or ilerthat the invention may be connected at 70 2-84 with the usual volt D. Cl 01' 110 volt A; C. at 65, 50, 10, or 25 cycles, I provide the resisances 74:- and 95 with taps leading to terminals 120,121, 122, 123, 12 1,

ii 1 and terminals 127, 128, 129, 130, 131, respectively, and I connect the conductors 76 and 97 to the te'rminals 1215 and 126 respectively. If the vol age at 70-84 is 110 volts 1). C. the terminal should be connected with the terminal 124, and the termin al'126should'be connected with the terminal 127. For110 volt A.'CI she connectionsshould be for lows for the various frequencies:

a Terminal Terminal Frequency, cycles per second i ggg toto- As shown'in Fig. 1, allot the various instrumentalities shown nflFlg, 5; w1th the exception "of the 'autographlc "recorder "60,

the signal-112, the storage battery 12,-a11dthe. master clock contacts 13; are mounted within a panel box or casing 150, having a hinged cover or door 151 which may be pro-f vided with a lock (not shown) to prevent unauthorized access to the casing-contained mechanism.

The casing may be mounted atany convenient location in a plant to be supervised, the autographic recorder 60 is mounted at some place where the watchman must pass and sign up in making his rounds. For example, suppose a watchmans system employs'thirty stations.

General description of operation vThe arrangement may be such that the watchman makes a round of a group of, say,

- ten of these stations so arrangedas to bring him back to the location of the autographic rccorderjwhere he would sign up and depress the handle 61; he may then make a 2 round of the second group of, say, ten statlons so arranged as to brlng hlm back to the location of the autographic recorder where he would sign up and depress the handle 61;

and he may then make a round of the third thetime allowed the bell 112 will ring and continue to ring untilthe handle 61 is depressed. At 1 :00 a. m. the watchman would begin his second round of stations and would have twenty minutes in which to complete this round and operate the autographic re- 17 corder 60; and so on.

' If desired, the various stations may be key stationsof a watchmans portable time clock system.

The alarm 112, or as many as are provvlded, are 1n practice located on the outside of the property being watched and the police advised of the purpose thereof and notified to investigate the premises immediately if at any time thccsignaling means are operating. If through accident, violence, or neg lect of duty, the Watchman fails to follow and conform to his schedule of rounds, the

signaling means 112 will be set in operation.

By virture of the adjustability of the cam lugs 24: and 31, it is not necessary that the stations be divided equally into rounds nor automatically that the rounds consume equal lengths of time, for eXample,"the schedule on the pro charged with the duty means controlled by said device r be supervised which '1 within a prcdctcrn'iined time i rounds at any desired times, and to provide for rounds of dii ferent lengths, but different extra allowances of time to provide "for delays may be made.

It will be appreciated that the invention 1 may not only be employed in connection with watchmen who guard against fire or theft but also wherever it is necessary or desirable that a person or persons "isit certain localities at predetermined times, for example, the superintending of machines. I therefore wish it to be understood that when I employ tie word watchman I do not mean to include only watchman a iinst burglarly or theft but I mean to i person bein at certain places at predetermined times or within predetermined time limits.

In accordance with the provisions of the patent statutes, I have herein describe the )rinci ale of o ieration of m i invention together with the apparatus which now consider to represent the best embodiments thereof.

What I claim is 1. In a system of the class described. in combination, a recording device located at an area to be supervised and adapted to be actuated by a watchman in making his rounds, signaling means, and inaccessib e for prov a ing operation of said s1 means provided the watchman actuates s..id device at a predetermined time and makes a proper record upon the recording device the area to A shows that t 1e wateriman has 0 ierated the recorder in time to prevent operation of the signal device.

2. In a system of the class described. in combination, a recording device located at an area to be supervised and adapted to be actuated by a watchman in ma j his rounds. signaling means, means 11 auton'iatically operat c said s gnaling means it the watchman fails to actuate s id devfrc rval, ano inaccessible means controlled by said device for preventing operation or" said on "in: means provided the i hman actuar s sah. device within said pr "IQl'lillZiQt'l time val and makes a proper record upon the recording crevice at the area be supervised which shows the presence of the watchman at the recording evice and the operation by him of the recording device a time when signaling would occur no. prevented.

In a system of the class described, in combination, signaling means, time-controlled means for automatically placing said signaling means in operative condition at predeterminet different successive time intervals, means con'iprising a device adapted to be operated by a watchman in making rounds of dili ercnt permissible time intervals for preventing operation or said signaling means by operation of said device at predetermined times prior to the expiration of said predetermined different time intervals, and means also controlled solely by said same device for di continuing the operation of said signaling means after it has been automatically placed in operative condition. said last mentioned mes-us be ng effective for control to discon- -"nue signal after any )redetermined time interval for preventing operation of the signal has passed.

t In a system of the class described, in

iination, signaling means, time-coned means for auton'iatically placing said naling means in operative condition at predetermined times according to a program which may be preset for successively variable i i rent time intervals, a. recording device ocatcd an area to be supervised and f to be actuated by a watchman in making his rounds. and inaccessible means controlled by actuation of said recording instrument in the making of a time record thereby and therein and in accordance with the predetermined program schedule for preventing operation of said signaling means and for also recording by the recorder the time when the signaling operation was prevented by such actuation.

In a system of the class described, in combination, electric signaling means and gizing the same, time-controlled means including a second circuit for controlling the closing or said first named circuit at the expiration of predetermined time intervals, means comprising a device at anted to be actuated by a watchman in mastii his rounds for preventing closure of said first named circuit. said last named means also being adapted to open both of said circuits after said first named circuit has been closed.

6. In a system of the class described. in combination, signaling means, a manually opcrable recording mstrument located at the area to be supervised to be visited and operated by a watchman to etlect a record between rounds of different distances and correspondingly different permissible time durations, a program instrument having devices operative at successively lil ferent time intervals to correspond to the times in ad 'ance of which the watchman is to operate the recording instrument between said rounds, and means under the control of said devices of the program instrument for causing said signalthe , ing means to operate unless the same recordoperable device adapted to be operated by a Watchman in making his rounds, a program instrument, means under the control, of said program instrumentfor causing said signaling means to operate unless said device is operated by thewatchman in accordance with the program determined by said program instrument, said last named means also being adapted to open said circuit after said circuit has been closed.

r 8. In a system of the class described, in combination, a program instrument, a group of circuits adapted to be closed periodically by said program instrument, a relay in one of said'circuits for maintaining said circuit closed, a device adapted to be operated by a Watchman in making his rounds for opening said one circuit of said group of circults, a second group of circuits adapted to be closed by the energization of said relay and the cooperative operation of said program instrument at a predetermined time, and a signaling means in a circuit of said last named group of circuits to indicate Whether or not said device has been operated.

9. In a system of the class described, in combination, a program instrument, a group of circuits adapted to be closed periodically bysaid program instrument, a relay in one of said circuits for maintaining said circuit closed, a second group of circuits adapted to be closed by the energization of said relay and cooperative operation of said program instrument at a predetermined time, signaling means in a circuit of said lastnamed group of circuits, and a device adapted to be operated by a Watchman in making his rounds for opening said last named group of circuits should the Watchman have failed to operate said device prior to said predetermined time.

10. In a system of the class described, in combination, a program instrument, a group of circuits adapted to be closed periodically by said program instrument, a relay in one of said circuits for maintaining said circuit closed, a second group of circuits adapted to be closed by the energization of said relay and cooperative operation of said program instrument at a predetermined time, signaling means in a circuit of said last named group of circuits, and a device adapted to be operated by a Watchman in making his rounds for opening either of said two groups of circuits.

11; In asystem of the class described, in combination, a program instrument, a controlling circuit,means controlled by said program instrument for closing said controlling circuit at a predetermined time, manipulative means adapted to open said controlling circuit, a second controlling circuit adapted to be closed by said program instrument at a predetermined time, and an alarm circuit adapted to be closed by said second controlling circuit at said last mentioned predetermined time.

12. The combination set forth in claim 11 in Which the manipulative means is adapted to open the second named controlling circuit.

18. In a system of the class described, in combination, a program instrument, a conrolling circuit adaptedto be closed by said program instrument at a predetermined time, a second controlling circuit under the control of said first named controlling circuit and adapted to be closed by said program instrument at another predetermined time,-an alarm circuit adapted to be closed at said latter predetermined time, and means for opening said first named'controlling circuit so as to prevent closing of said alarm circuit. i

1a. In a system of the class described, in combination, means for producing an alarm at a predetermined time under set conditions including a plurality of circuits, a program instrument for causing energization of one of said circuits during a time interval preceding said predetermined time and for causing energization of another of said circuits at the termination of said time interval and a device capable of causing discontinuance of the energization of said circuits during said time interval, and an alarm circuit under the control of said circuits for causing an alarm to be sounded subsequent to said time interval provided said device has not been previously operated.

15. In a system of the class described,'in combination, means for causing an alarm to be sounded at a predetermined time under certain conditions including a plurality of circuits, a program instrument for closing said circuits at definite times, an alarm circuit adapted to be closed at a predetermined time When said'circuits are closed, and manipulative means for opening at least one of said circuits whereby said. alarm circuit is opened.

16. The combination set forth in claim 15 in which said manipulative means may open one of the circuits prior to the energization of the alarm circuit and thereby prevent sounding of an alarm.

17. In a system of the class described, in combination, a program instrument having means for controlling the closing of a controlling circuits, one of said controlling circuits being closed at the beginning of a time interval, and another of said circuits being closed by and With said first controlling circuit at the end of said time interval, an alarm circuit under the control of said controlling circuits, and means for opening said first controlling circuit during said time interval and for opening said second controlling circuit at the close of said time interval for the pur poses described.

18. In a system of the class described, in comoi on, device adapted to be actuated h a ii'ateiiman in making his rounds, signaling mo 21s program-controlled means for rendering said signaling means operative, and means controlled. by said device for PTO- venting; operation of said signaling means provided the watchman actuates said device at a prei'letermined time, means called into operation by said program-controlled means for removing said signaling means from the 0011- trol of said program-controlled means to contiuue an initiated signal, and means controlled by said same first mentioned device for discontinuing the operation of said signz'iling; means subsequent to said predetermined time.

In testimony whereof 1 hereto aflix my signature.

JAMES lV. BRYCE. 

